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history of television in the U.S.

...(who served as host of
The Tonight Show in 2009–10) and later Jimmy Fallon (2009– ), and CBS introduced its own 12:30
am show, starring Tom Snyder (and, after 1999,
Craig Kilborn, who was replaced by Craig Ferguson in 2005). At ABC the news department had achieved surprisingly high ratings in 1979 with a special nightly news show it developed for the...

As the century drew to a close, the cable channel Comedy Central also emerged as a major force in late-night television comedy.
The Daily Show, started in 1996 with host
Craig Kilborn, was a half-hour satirical news and interview program that aired at 11
pm Eastern Time. The show really started to attract attention, however, after Jon Stewart took over as host in 1999. His comic...

He returned to hosting in January 1999 when he replaced
Craig Kilborn on
The Daily Show, a fake news program on the Comedy Central cable network that satirized media, politics, and pop culture. With Stewart as anchor, the show increased its viewership dramatically. During the 2000 U.S. presidential campaign, its satiric and comprehensive “Indecision 2000”...

role in "The Daily Show"

American satirical television news show that aired on the cable network Comedy Central from 1996. It was hosted by
Craig Kilborn (1996–98); Jon Stewart (1999–2015), during whose tenure the show reached its greatest popularity; and Trevor Noah (2015– ).